diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index c79a069..f30dee9 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ spamassassin_authorized_ip_addresses: '127.0.0.1'
 spamassassin_spamd_port: 783
 spamassassin_conf_dir: '{{ spamassassin_home }}'
 spamassassin_sysconfig_file: '/etc/sysconfig/spamassassin'
+spamassassin_allow_user_rules: False
 # Only postgresql support for the time being
 spamassassin_db_user_config: True
 spamassassin_spamd_sql_opts: '-q -x -u {{ spamassassin_user }} -g {{ spamassassin_group }}'
diff --git a/templates/spamassassin-db.cf.j2 b/templates/spamassassin-db.cf.j2
index 8df3e7f..88acc8f 100644
--- a/templates/spamassassin-db.cf.j2
+++ b/templates/spamassassin-db.cf.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+{% if spamassassin_allow_user_rules %}
+{% if spamassassin_db_user_config %}
 user_scores_dsn		DBI:Pg:dbname={{ spamassassin_db_name }};host={{ spamassassin_db_host }};port={{ spamassassin_db_port }}
 user_scores_sql_username	{{ spamassassin_db_user }}
 user_scores_sql_password	{{ spamassassin_db_pwd }}
+{% endif %}
+{% endif %}
 {% if spamassassin_use_bayes and spamassassin_bayes_sql_db %}
 bayes_store_module Mail::SpamAssassin::BayesStore::PgSQL
 bayes_sql_dsn           DBI:Pg:dbname={{ spamassassin_db_name }};host={{ spamassassin_db_host }};port={{ spamassassin_db_port }}
diff --git a/templates/spamassassin-local.cf.j2 b/templates/spamassassin-local.cf.j2
index b3f5dd0..076fbec 100644
--- a/templates/spamassassin-local.cf.j2
+++ b/templates/spamassassin-local.cf.j2
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 required_hits {{ spamassassin_required_hits }}
 report_safe {{ spamassassin_report_safe }}
 rewrite_header Subject {{ spamassassin_rewrite_subject }}
+{% if spamassassin_allow_user_rules %}
+allow_user_rules 1
+{% else %}
+allow_user_rules 0
+{% endif %}
 {% if spamassassin_use_bayes %}
 use_bayes 1
 bayes_auto_learn {{ spamassassin_use_bayes_autolearn }}